Sum

sum, n. the amount of two or more things taken together: the whole of anything: a quantity of money: a problem in arithmetic: chief points: substance or result of reasoning: summary: height: completion.— v.t. to collect into one amount or whole: to count: to bring into a few words:— pr.p. sum′ming; pa.t. and pa.p. summed.— adj. Sum′le , not to be summed or counted: incalculable.— ns. Sum′mer , one who sums; Sum′ming , the act of one who sums, arithmetic; Sum′ming-up , a recapitulation or review of the leading points, a judge's summary survey of the evidence given to a jury before it withdraws to consider its verdict; Sum′mist , one who makes a summary, esp. a theological compendium. [Fr.,—L. summa — summus , supremus , highest, superl. of super us , on high— super , above.]